What is involved in a typical personal injury case?  Any time a person is injured due to the negligence or intentional acts of another person or entity, he or she has a right to recover compensation for his or her losses.  Typical personal injury cases involve vehicle vs. vehicle, vehicle vs. pedestrian, vehicle vs. bicycle, and slip and fall.  MPRA works, like most attorneys in this area, on a contingency fee basis.  That means that the client is able to hire a first-rate attorney at no upfront cost.  The attorney’s fees and litigation expenses are paid out of the ultimate recovery, typically from the tortfeasor's insurance company.  If there is no recovery, the client pays nothing.

How is a personal injury case handled?  From the lawyer’s standpoint, there are two elements to each personal injury case: liability and damages.  Liability concerns who is at fault, and if more than one person, how should liability be apportioned?  The second element, damages, concerns the nature and extent of the injuries and other damages suffered as a consequence of the wrongful act of the defendant.  An injured person can recover medical bills, lost earnings, vehicle repair costs, costs of a rental vehicle, amounts for pain and suffering, amounts for disability or disfigurement, and any other amounts that are a consequence of the wrongful act of the defendant.  After the client retains MPRA, MPRA and staff go to work to build the case of liability, ascertain and document all damages, and pursue recovery of all amounts as soon as possible.  Towing bills, repair bills, and other such losses are recovered, if possible, as they are incurred.  The major portion of the case, medical bills and general damages, are negotiated and resolved after the client has completed medical treatment and/or his or her condition is permanent and stationary.  If the case cannot be settled, MPRA will pursue litigation, and attempt, in a prompt and professional manner, to recover just compensation for the client.  When the case is finally settled, or judgment satisfied, the attorney receives his fees and costs, the balance going to the client.